The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-07


near Otisco, dropped dead while en-.
gagged IN binding load Of straw a
few days ago.
--Morenci voted 60 donate 5000 for
highways and bridges the coming year,
$500 for the poor, and $500 for con-
tingent expenses,
"A. III. ;. Perkins, editor and pro-
prletor of The Capron Herald, has sold
oL TO ID. G. Cowen, Of Poplar Grove,
an adjoining town.
Governor Luce has appointed
Colonel Daniel b. Anger, editor of the
Charlotte Journal, Adjutant General
OF the State troops.
The Wedge, at Benton Harbor.
was purchased by A. H. Potter, of st,
Joseph. The paper will now become
strictly Democratic.
Wisconsin parties will put in an
electric plant at Crystal Falls to utilize
the water power for the benefit of the
mines in that vicinity.
The cap and gown do not 90 with
the senior literary class at the univer-
sity, the matter having been decided
by discussion and vote.
About every county clerk in the
State has from one To twenty notary
commissions on his hands for which
the owners decline to call.
- Saloon keepers are no longer
allowed TO do business at Lawrence,
and IL costs man exactly SO If he is
fOunl drunk on the etroafa
William T. b. Schermerhorn, Post
master of Hudson and editor of the
Gazette, died recently, aged "a years.
from hemorrhage OF the lungs.
One of the oldest inmates of the
Home for Aged Women at Bay City
is Mrs. Alice Reid, aged % years. She
was born in Ireland, but the better
part OF her life was spent in thit
country.
There have been seventy.four
cases of diphtheria, in Hillsdale, dur
ing the past winter, as reported by the
Health Officer, fourteen of which have
proved fatal. The city is now free
from the disease.
The Flint saloon keepers have cir
culated an agreement among them
selves, which has been generally signed,
agreeing TO observe the requirements
of the law as TO shutting up nights,
Sundays, etc.
"A young man attempted Co ford
the Huron river on horseback near
Gedde's, but his horse stuck fast i'm the
mud and remained there four hours,
with his head just above the water.
The rider reached the shore by swim
ming.
Fully dozen applications for the
Superintendency Of the State Public
School have been filed with Secretary
Randall, number Of them being from
prominent educators in the State, but
ex-Supt. Foster is still in charge of the
institution.
The st. Clair river tunnel on the
Canadian side is now $50 feet in from
the shaft, and the work is being pushed
and is making satisfactory progress.
Work on the Michigan shaft has not
been resumed, the timber not having
come to hand.
-. Monroe Longyear, Of Marquette,
and T.. W. Sparrow, of Lansing, have
bought 10000 acres OF mineral land in
the Vermilion and Missawaukee iron
ranges OF Minnesota, and will at once
put large force of men at work
for ore.
"A drill in mine near Ishpeming,
tapped subterranean lake or river
and the rush OF water into the mine
drove the miners out In hurry at i'm
minent risk of drowning before they
could get away. The mine was flooded
10 a depth of $50 feet.
Mrs. John Jones, of Brady, Sagi-
nav county, dressed for church re-
Gently, but changed her mind about
going, and while her husband and
children were absent blew the top of
her head OF with shotgun. She had
been demented at times for two years.
The suit Of John Seipert, Of st.
Johns, against the Detroit and Grand
Haven Railway for injuries received
while acting as brakeman two and one
half years ago, that was set for trial in
he Circuit Court, at St. Johns. We'd
lesday, has been settled. Seipert Is to
receive $1,000.
"A strange sight was witnessed a
Few days ago on the Capitol Building,
1t Lansing. On both wings the flags
we're floating In the breeze i'm absolutely
contrary directions-one north and one
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